WOVO

Radio station in Horse Cave, Kentucky
37°02′39.2″N 86°10′59.9″W / 37.044222°N 86.183306°W / 37.044222; -86.183306Translator(s)99.7 W247DM (Glasgow)
HD2: 95.7 W239BT (Glasgow)
HD2: 95.9 W240CP (Bowling Green)Links
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WOVO (106.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Horse Cave, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is currently owned by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation through licensee Soky Radio, LLC and features programming from Westwood One.[2]

The station's studios, shared with Brownsville–licensed WKLX and Glasgow–licensed WPTQ, are located on McIntosh Street near US 231 on the south side of Bowling Green. WOVO's transmitter is located on Pine Knob along U.S. Route 68 (US 68) near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, sharing tower space with NBC/CBS/MeTV dual affiliate WNKY (channel 40) and Ion Television affiliate WNKY-LD (channel 35).

History

The early years (1972–1989)

The station originally signed on the air on July 14, 1972.[3] The station was originally a class A station located at 105.5 FM, owned by John Barrick alongside AM station WCDS (1440 AM, now WWKU; unrelated to the current WCDS). WOVO inherited a variety format from WCDS, which switched exclusively to country music upon WOVO's inception.[4]

Change of callsign and ownership (1990–1996)

In 1990, WOVO and WCDS were sold to Ward Communications. After a few months off the air due to strong winds toppling the transmission tower in 1991, the station had instituted three changes: the station changed frequencies to 105.3 FM to obtain a power increase, changed its call sign to WWWQ on March 1, and adopted a new contemporary hit radio format upon returning to the air on July 9, 1991[4][5] following a tornado that affected the station's broadcasting facility that spring. On September 23, 1996, the station reversed their 1991 change of callsign and rechristened itself as WOVO.[6]

Sale to Commonwealth Broadcasting

WOVO's logo under previous 105.3 frequency

In 1997, the station, along with WHHT, WXPC (now WPTQ), and WCDS, along with four other stations in Kentucky, were acquired by a new business venture named Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation, formed by Steve Newberry and former Kentucky governor Brereton C. Jones.[7] WOVO programming was simulcast over WCDS from its 1998 return to the air until it became a sports radio station in 2002.

Three-way frequency swap

In October 2012, Commonwealth Broadcasting instituted a major three-way frequency and FCC license change. WHHT upgraded its signal in a move to 106.3 MHz, which would be traded to WOVO, which moved its adult contemporary format from classic rock-formatted WPTQ's previous 105.3 FM frequency. WHHT's country music format was relocated to the 103.7 FM frequency, which that station previously broadcast on from 1991 through 1998.[8]

Programming

HD Radio

The station's HD radio signal is multiplexed in this manner.

Freqnency
(MHz-subchannel)
Callsign Programming
106.3FM
106.3-1 HD
WOVO
WOVO-HD1
Simulcast of the traditional FM signal
"WOVO 106.3" / Hot adult contemporary
106.3-2 HD WOVO-HD2 W239BT/W240CP / "95.9 The Vibe"
Classic hip hop
106.3-3 HD WOVO-HD3 W248CF / "Classical 97.5"
Classical

Former on-air staff

  • Alan "Agent 69" Sledge
  • Donna "The Hose" Dennis (1980–1986)
  • Renaldo Mcnutty (1981–1992)
  • Renato Debenidictus (1999–1999)
  • Ron "The Tank" Thopson (1985–1999)
  • Jake Johnson (1981–1984)
  • Leroy McCain (Unknown)
  • Barbara Likis (1988–2001)
  • Mike Hunt (1993–1997)
  • Jon Overton (1986–1990)
  • Jimmy Michaels (1977–1991)
  • George "The Wild Man" Miller (1972–present)

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WOVO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-240
  4. ^ a b Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. pp. 142, 143. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ Reagan, Stan (August 4, 1991). "FM radio stations making changes". Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "WOVO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  7. ^ "Former governor buys radio stations". Park City Daily News. January 19, 1997. p. 11A. Retrieved June 9, 2024 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Stations On The Move In Glasgow, KY". RadioInsight. October 22, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  • Facility details for Facility ID 48702 (WOVO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • WOVO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
  • Facility details for Facility ID 143295 (W239BT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • W239BT at FCCdata.org
  • Facility details for Facility ID 139196 (W240CP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • W240CP at FCCdata.org
  • Facility details for Facility ID 139195 (W247DM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • W247DM at FCCdata.org
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